Navigating Change: Understanding the Challenge Through Literature

Ms. Oing English 2 Unit 1: The Challenge of Change

Before the music ends… • Turn in your reading journals to your class’ black HW tray (NO LATE WORK) • Clear your desks of all except a pencil (preferred) or blue/black pen. • If you finish early: • Pick up all four tables of contents for your IN and paste in on the assigned pages • Pick up your new AoW by the door and start annotating it • Read your IR book quietly/work on this week’s journal • NO TALKING UNTIL ALL TESTS ARE IN!

Before the music ends… • Get out your interactive notebooks and open to page 7 & title it “Daily Oral Language Warmups”

DOL Warm-Up • Put today’s date in the left margin • Copy the following two sentences into your notebooks & do your best to correct the errors • the only way humans can explore the future are through there imagination and reasoning • Many science fiction storyes is set in the future • Do not waste room; you will need to fit another 3 of these on this page (6 sentences)

DOL Warm-Up • Did you get them right? • The only way humans can explore the future is through their imagination and reasoning. • Many science fiction stories are set in the future. • If not, fix them!

Agenda: 8/28/12 • Warmup • Grammar Review: Parts of Speech • Unit 1 Introduction

Reminders • this week • AoW 2 Reflection Friday • Reading Journal Friday

Grammar: Parts of Speech • Open your IN to p17 and title “Grammar: Parts of Speech” • Copy the following, and skip lines between: • noun: • pronoun: • adjective: • verb: • adverb: • preposition: • conjunction: • interjection: • Write what you think each is (even if it’s a guess)

Grammar: Parts of Speech Independent Practice • On p17 (underneath your notes/guesses from the review), rate how confident you feel on each part of speech (1=I ROCK THIS, 8=huh?) • Choose your BOTTOM 3 (6, 7, & 8) and do 6 grammar exercises posted on SchoolLoop for each of those parts on p16 of your IN (titled “Grammar: Parts of Speech Independent Practice”) • Most of the worksheets have more than 6; you choose which 6 to do. • You may take home your small Language Network books to help you if you feel you need it.

Thematic Focus Unit 1 • Turn to p95 in your IN • Title the page “Thematic Focus” • On the top half of the page, word blast: • change • progress

Thematic Focus Unit 1 • On the bottom half of the p95, answer the following in reframed sentences: • Why do you think people write stories about change? • What kind of stories and experiences might you expect to read about in this unit?

Thematic Focus Unit 1 • In Unit 1, students will read selections which explore various ways in which people, relationships, places, and societies change over time. This unit contains 2 parts, and selections in both parts contribute to the unit theme by examining how a variety of characters are affected by great changes in their lives. • Selections in Part 1 (The Price of Progress) emphasize the effects of technological progress on characters in a number of settings. • Selections in Part 2 (Cultural Crossroads) emphasize the changes in individuals and their relationships that are caused by cultural differences.

For homework… • Staple the handout of quotes over your work on p95 of your IN. • Choose 2 quotes from Part 1, and 2 from Part 2 that speak to you • Write a 1/4p reflection for each of the 4 quotes on p94 of your IN. • Draw lines in between the 4 reflections • Do not copy quotes, just indicate by # & letter • Title it “Thematic Focus Reflection”

DOL Warm-Up • Grab your textbooks on the way in • Put today’s date in the left margin (p7) • Copy the following two sentences into your notebooks & do your best to correct the errors • “Whose ringing that bell anyways, she asked.” • Mrs. Maybury don’t know the answer to your question, replied Ben. • Do not waste room; you will need to fit another 2 of these on this page (4 sentences)

DOL Warm-Up • Did you get them right? • “Who’s ringing that bell anyways,” she asked. • “Mrs. Mayburydoesn’t know the answer to your question,” replied Ben. • If not, fix them!

Agenda: 8/29/12 • DOL Warmup • Writing Tips: Word Choice • Character

Reminders • this week • AoW 2 Reflection Friday • Reading Journal Friday • next week • Grammar: Parts of Speech Ind. Practice Tuesday

Word Choice • (Take notes on p57) • How many words are there in the English language? • Current estimates: 250,000-1,072,000 • How do you choose the right one? • Audience • Relationship • Purpose/Occasion • History/Context • Denotation • Connotation

Triggering Words • On p56, draw the following table: • Throughout the grading period, you are to come up with words that might be negatively “triggering” for certain people. Record the word, who it triggers, and why. I will check it on 9/21 for credit. • A=20 words; B=15 words; C=10 words; D=5 words

Character • Open your IN to p97 • Open your textbook to p30 • Title p97 “Searching for Summer” • Copy the first sentence under Literary Analysis: Character • While you are listening/reading, complete the web pictured at the bottom of p30 (on p97).

DOL Warm-Up • Grab your textbooks on the way in • Put today’s date in the left margin (p7) • Copy the following two sentences into your notebooks & do your best to correct the errors • John is real brave to explore a dangerously place all alone. • Our teacher asked “which of the legends that Johns people believed were disproved by his journey”? • Do not waste room; you will need to fit another 1 of these on this page (2 sentences)

DOL Warm-Up • Did you get them right? • John is really brave to explore a dangerous place all alone. • Our teacher asked, “Which of the legends that John’s people believed were disproved by his journey?” • If not, fix them!

Agenda: 8/30/12 • DOL Warmup • Grammar: Sentences • Character: Motives

Grammar: Sentences • open INs to p19 and take notes • What is required to make a sentence? • subject (who/what is doing ___) • predicate • verb (what is s/he/it doing or being) • complete thought

Grammar: Sentences • Clauses • independent (aka ordinate) • stands alone • dependent (aka subordinate) • contains subject & verb but do not express complete thought

Grammar: Sentences • How do you fix what’s broken? • Attach it to something else compatible • Add something to it

Grammar: Sentences • phrase • NOT the same as a dependent clause • A group of words that functions as a part of speech, such as an adjective or noun • if on its own, is fragment: no subject, no verb, no complete thought • Examples (do not need to copy) • However, there are plenty of opportunities for students to create their own jobs. • Maybe you are an outgoing person with good computer skills. • Having worked with children, you will have an advantage over less-experienced sitters.

Grammar: Sentences • S or F: Although traditional after-school jobs are still popular. • Fragment! • S or F: I was tired. • Sentence! • My mother went to the store. Although she had many errands to run. • My mother went to the store, although she had many errands to run. • In the pool. • My little sister almost drowned in the pool.

Grammar: Sentences Reflection • HW: on p18 draw or find a picture to illustrate each of the 4 concepts: • sentence • fragment • dependent/subordinate clause • phrase

Character • Open your IN to p97 • Open your textbook to p34 • While you are listening/reading, complete the web pictured at the bottom of p30 (on INp97).

HW: What’s my Motivation? • p96 in your IN • Think of things that you do in your life. Explain what they are, then identify and explain your motives behind why you do them. • Examples: school, work, shoplift, take care of family, insult, use hate speech, do good deeds, volunteer, hit people, etc • A = 10; B = 7; C = 5; D=3

DOL Warm-Up • Put today’s date in the left margin (p7) • Copy the following two sentences into your notebooks & do your best to correct the errors • Michael Crichton writedjurassic park a novel about a present day theme park with real dinosaurs. • H.G. wells was another author that wroted about time travel in the book the time machine.

DOL Warm-Up • Did you get them right? • Michael Crichton wroteJurassic Park, a novel about a present day theme park with real dinosaurs. • H.G. Wells was another author whowrote about time travel in the book The Time Machine. • If not, fix them!

Agenda: 8/31/12 • DOL Warmup • Interactive Notebook Review & Catch Up

Interactive Notebooks • INs will be assessed/due on 9/28 • Part of the grade will be following specific directions (right pages on right page numbers) • I will stamp assignments when it matters to me that they are on time, but you can include them later for reduction in points (as long as they are in by 9/28) • All pages must be firmly attached, not falling out • If you are ever absent, check the class master copy to see what you have missed or you will lose points.

Interactive Notebooks • If you have put something on the wrong page, you may paste binder paper over it and re-do (if it cannot be erased or unglued. • Assignments may be typed up/printed and attached to assigned page • If you are only allotted a page to do an assignment and you need more room, continue on binder paper and staple

Interactive Notebooks • Table of Contents: • p1: Main • p5: Grammar & Vocabulary • p41: Writing • p91: Literature • (Self Inventory & Unit Overview we will get to next week)

Interactive Notebooks • Parent Checkins • 2-3 times per grading period you will show your INs to your parents and THEY will answer questions that I will give you, and they will sign. • Graded assignment

Interactive Notebooks • Important Dates & Deadlines • Ungraded • Page for you to write the dates you think are important • End of GP • Collaboration Days • Due Dates • Test Days

Interactive Notebooks • Grading Period Reflection • Assignment to be completed on 9/28

Interactive Notebooks: Grammar • Daily Oral Language • You know what this is! • Daily Oral Language Reflection • End of each week, write a reflection in paragraph form addressing the following topics • Corrections you did well (and why) • Mistakes you missed (and why) • Areas you need to work on • BE SPECIFIC • Checked the following Monday (or Tues if Mon is a holiday) • 1/2p = A, 1/4p = C

Interactive Notebooks: Grammar • Grammar Topics • Filling in as we go: • Parts of Speech • Sentences • etc • Vocabulary • Will be explained when we start next week

Interactive Notebooks: Grammar • Word Cornucopia • Write down words (and definitions) that you come across during the grading period (preferably in the curriculum/assignments/lectures) that you find • Interesting • Fun • Personally meaningful • Words that you like or that just plain strike you • A = 20; B = 15; C = 10; D = 5 • (Reflection will be done @ end of GP)

Interactive Notebooks: Grammar • Word Wall & Word Wall Practice will be explained next week • Has to do with vocabulary assignments

Navigating Change: Understanding the Challenge Through Literature